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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington is seeking permission to demolish a closed cathedral and a grove of trees in the downtown of Vermont’s largest city. If the city grants permission to demolish the Immaculate Conception Church on Pine Street, an existing parking area would remain and the site would be left as an open lawn.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington is seeking permission...

Is Brother Dutton, born in Stowe in 1843, worthy of consideration for sainthood for his 44 years of service to the 19th-century leper colony at Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai? Two people who served with Dutton were recently proclaimed saints — St. Damien and St. Marianne Cope. The Catholic Church has asked Bishop Larry Silva of Hawaii to investigate Brother Dutton’s worthiness to be the third saint of Molokai. On Thursday, April 27, Blessed Sacrament Church in Stowe will celebrate...